pay back

英 [peɪ bæk]

美 [peɪ bæk]

偿还; 报复; 惩罚

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 偿还
  If youpay backsome money that you have borrowed or taken from someone, you give them an equal sum of money at a later time.
  1. He burst into tears, begging her to forgive him and swearing to pay back everything he had stolen...
     他突然大哭起来，求她原谅，并发誓偿还他偷的所有东西。
  2. I'll pay you back that two quid tomorrow.
     我明天还你那两英镑。
• PHRASAL VERB 报复；惩罚
  If youpaysomeoneback fordoing something unpleasant to you, you take your revenge on them or make them suffer for what they did.
  1. Some day I'll pay you back for this!
     总有一天我会为此报复你。

英英释义

verb

• take vengeance on or get even
  1. We'll get them!
  2. That'll fix him good!
  3. This time I got him
  Synonym:pay offgetfix
• act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
  Synonym:rewardrepay

双语例句

• The European Commission ruled that British Aerospace should pay back tens of millions of pounds.
  欧洲委员会裁定英国航空航天公司应该偿还数千万英镑。
• Let me pay back a little every month.
  让我每个月都还点。
• Consumer spending and firms 'investment will be dragged lower by the need to pay back debt and restore savings.
  偿还债务和恢复储蓄的需要拖累了消费支出和企业投资。
• It's all too easy to borrow money that you can't pay back.
  借还不起的钱真是太容易了。
• Just think of it as a pay back time for all the money you took from my kids.
  想想你该还你从我那弄的钱的时候了。
• He promised to pay back in two weeks.
  他说了两星期后还的。
• If you pay back your loan, they make a bundle of money in interest payments.
  如果你贷款偿还你，他们做出一叠钱利息支出。
• Pay back the money you borrowed.
  偿还你所借的钱。
• I'll pay you back that two quid tomorrow.
  我明天还你那两英镑。
• First you pay back what you owe.
  先把你欠的还了。